Drive It Day’ is a national event and takes place every year at the end of April. Individual car clubs across the UK are encouraged to hold their own events and local runs. The aim is to celebrate the start of a new classic car season and to help raise awareness of the large and important extent of the classic vehicle movement within the UK. We at the West Cheshire MG Owners Club like to support the occasion so this year our annual Drive It Day will take place on Sunday 21st April 2024.

It will follow the normal format of a drive of about 80 miles with a mid-point coffee break.  We will be starting from:

Start - Hawarden Farm Shop, Chester Road, Hawarden, CH5 3FB

Please be at the shop by 11.15am for a 11.30am start - The cafe is open from 9pm, so you can always arrive early to grab a pre-drive coffee or even a breakfast roll.

MID POINT STOP:  Woody's Cafe, Penllyn Leisure Centre, Bala, LL23 7SR

Finish - Bryngwyn Hall, Llanfyllin, Powys, SY22 5LJ

At Bryngwyn Hall. We will have a tour of the house, by the hall's owner, the charismatic Lady Linlithgow. The hall has been in her family for over 200 years and is an important part of Welsh Heritage. Designed by Robert Mylne in the neo-classical design it is the last surviving example of his work in Wales and Grade II listed. The hall was mothballed in 1929 due to financial constraints and was passed over to Lady Linlithgow is a state of dereliction in 1987. She will explain how and why she has spent many years restoring the hall to its former glory which has been her life-long ambition.     

Following the house tour, we will all sit down for a mouth watering afternoon tea (and I am told there is plenty of it!) within the hall (they are able to cater for gluten free requirements). Finally, a tour of the nine acres of award winning gardens that lead down to a beautiful eight acre lake - all set in sixty acres of oak studded parkland will suitably finish our day. Dogs are welcome on a lead in the gardens but are unable to enter the house.

Please see the Facebook post on this event where you can express your interest if you have not already done so. The club will be subsidising the event so the cost to you will be £22 per head. A £10 deposit per person will be required with the balance to be paid at a later stage. The deposit and the balance can be given to me at one of the club nights before the event (alternatively you can text me on 07798 922548 and I can make alternative arrangements to collect payment from you).

It should be a really interesting outing  and one not to be missed - with plenty to eat and see both inside and out!